Copenhagen deputy mayor shoots down Danish GP prospects

Copenhagen’s chances of joining the Formula 1 calendar in the future have been dealt a blow by negative comments from one of the city’s deputy mayors.

Earlier this year, F1 CEO Chase Carey visited Denmark’s capital and held meetings with potential promoters for a Copenhagen Grand Prix, after which he expressed a fair amount of optimism about the country’s chances of landing a deal with F1.

However, Ninna Hedeager Olsen, the deputy mayor for Copenhagen’s technical and environment department, told Politiken newspaper that an F1 race in the city is “completely unrealistic”.

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“The organisation of an event like Formula 1 is so extensive and requires so many resources that it is completely unrealistic for Copenhagen by 2020,” she said.

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Hedeager Olsen also underlined the inevitable disruptions the city would suffer if F1 set up shop in the center of Copenhagen.

“My administration estimates that Formula 1 could affect central parts of the city for up to nine weeks,” she said.

“This is of course completely unacceptable.”

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